Trump Calls for Preventing States From Creating Their Own AI Regulations

President Trump at the White House on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump is calling for a federal standard on artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent U.S. states from regulating the technology themselves, even as Republican lawmakers voted to remove similar language from the president’s flagship funding bill earlier this year. On

Maryland mother deported to Vietnam months after being detained by ICE

A Maryland mother was deported to Vietnam, her attorney confirmed Wednesday, after she was detained and released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier in the year.  Melissa Tran was initially taken into ICE custody in May and was ordered to be released in October by a judge who found the government was unnecessarily holding

Charlotte Immigration Operation Still Ongoing: Homeland Security

U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino (R) looks on as a detainee sits by a car in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 17, 2025. Matt Kelley/AP Photo The federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, will continue despite local reports of a slowdown, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mecklenburg County

Lawmakers Want to Block US Purchases of Chinese Chipmaking Equipment

Technicians work on chip processing equipment at a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Suqian, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Oct. 20, 2025. AFP Photo A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the Chip EQUIP Act on Nov. 20, with the goal of prohibiting American companies from buying Chinese chipmaking equipment. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), ranking member

Trump Removes Tariffs on Brazilian Beef and Coffee Imports

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 17, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order removing tariffs on beef, coffee, and other agricultural products from Brazil, the White House stated. The order will affect Brazilian imports on or after Nov.

Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior”

Washington — Top Democrats in Congress called for President Trump to be “condemned forcefully” after he said on social media that Democratic lawmakers who urged members of the military to disobey illegal orders should be arrested and face trial for “seditious behavior.”  The president said in a later post, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He

House Dem charged with stealing FEMA money, using it for her campaign

Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted in federal court Wednesday for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in federal emergency funds and routing some of it to her campaign account. The Justice Department alleges that in 2021, a year before Cherfilus-McCormick was elected to Congress, a company that she ran called Trinity Healthcare Services was